In the early hours of a summer morning in Indianapolis, Indiana, a violent dispute tragically cut short the life of 24-year-old Candice Hunter. On August 10, 2014, the young Black woman was shot and killed by her boyfriend, an incident that concluded a heated argument between the couple. The fatal encounter unfolded outside an apartment on Park Central Drive West, a place that became the backdrop for a devastating act of domestic violence.
The man identified as the person who ended
Candice Hunter's life was her 22-year-old boyfriend, Joshua Higgins. In the midst of their fight, Higgins produced a firearm and shot Hunter in the head. The gravity of the situation was compounded by the presence of two young children within the nearby apartment, who were tragically in close proximity to the violence that claimed a life. The incident quickly escalated as law enforcement arrived at the scene.
Upon the arrival of police, what began as a domestic dispute transformed into a tense standoff. Higgins exchanged gunfire with the responding officers before the situation reached a grim conclusion. In the end, Higgins turned the gun on himself, inflicting a fatal gunshot wound to his own head. The life of Candice Hunter was tragically taken in a murder-suicide, leaving behind a scene of sorrow and unanswered questions for a family and community to grapple with in the wake of the loss.
